Asbury Park Press: New Jersey should invest in horseshoe crabs, biologists said


Photo Credit: Verne A. James, Jr.

It sounds like ghoulish business, but drawing blood from horseshoe crabs is worth at least $200 million a year, with steadily growing demand – and increasing worries that the supply could diminish.


So one prominent biologist who studies the relationship between horseshoe crabs and shorebirds is proposing that New Jersey and Delaware launch a public-private partnership to produce lysate – a critical medical testing compound made from crab blood – with help from Delaware Bay commercial fishermen who used to catch crabs for bait. 

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 9/14/2011 1:00 PM
Categories: Wildlife
Tags: horseshoe crab shorebirds Delaware Delaware Bay Wildlife
 

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